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The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1887-08-04
AN EARTHQUAKE IN ILLINOIS.
A Shock that Caused Pic.S-es to Fall
From the Wa1s.

CHICAGO, August 2.-Dispatches from
Jacksonville, Centralia and JoneSboro',
ILL.,, this morning, indicate that the
early earthquake shocks noted at Nash
Vile, Tenn, St. Louis and Evansville,
Ind, were general throughout southern
and central Illinois. At Jacksonville
the vibrations seem to have been from
east to west, but at Jonesboro' from
northwest to southwest. In the latter
place a rumbling noise was heard and
the shocks were of sufficient force to
cause picture frames to fall from the
walls. The time was l2.40 a. N.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1887-08-04
rAcrOR1Es PE.TTIE WORK.

The King, Algernon and Sibley Fac
tories are working TO-DAY, and by TO-
morrow theAuSusta and Enterprise will
be in full operation. The Riverside
Mills. Globe Cotton Mills, Lombard's
Foundry and Berry's Meal Mills will also
be started in a few days. These four
were the heaviest losers among the fac
tories. The Riverside sustained the
greatest loss of ali, the damage result
Ing principally from injury to stock.
The Warehouse was Hooded, and the loss
Of goods will reach $2,5Co or $1,000. Mr..
Charles r. Loml,ard's loss will prooa-
bly eonal, if nos exceed, that OF the
Rivers lie Mills. Most of his machinery
was covered, and he lost many valuable
castings and patterns. His loss will reach
fully s2,5O0. The Globe Cotton Mills
will come in third. All their machinery
was more or less injured, and the wheel
pit damaged. Their loss will reach s1,CO'.
Mr.. Berry's loss will be between $500
and 81, 600.
The lumber yards OF Jesse Thompson
g. Co., are in great confusion, the lum-
ber ha wing tloated around in every di-
rection and is now piled up in confused
masses all over the yard. His entire
force are, however, at work and things
will be in proper shape by morning.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1887-08-04
THE RIVER STILL FAILING.

AUGUSTA, August Ill p. NAT
II O'Clock tc- might the river has fallen
to 20 feet, and continues to fall at the
rate of three or four inches per hour:
1t is now thought all danger has passed
and the usual quietness OF the city Is
resumed.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1887-08-04

and there again many houses were Vaca-
ted. The water extended all down Walk
er street, past the east boundary, cover
inc the South Commons Park and the
Cemetery. and attending over all the
land between there and the bend in the
river below the city.
REPORTERS CANOE UPSET.
In coming back our boa; which was
rowed by two strong men, became un-
manageable, owing the swift current
flowing through Cumming street at its
intersection with Greene, and we were
swept into q tree, when the boat was
capsized but l fortunately caught hold
of the tree. which l climbed, and where
l remained until rescued by passing
boat. The two oarSmen climbed on a
fence near.
After leaving the water, | took tour
through the balance OF the city and
found the only dry portion to be that
narrow strip between Greene and Rey-
mold streets, below Campbell. Thus it
will be seen that fully seven eighthS OF
Augusta is inundatcds
Thousands of people have been out
to view the overtiowed portion, and 1t
seems that every citizen OF Augusta has
called at the bridge to watch the rise of
the water.
At this hour P. NJ, it is still raining
here, having been pouring dowu almost
every minute since O'Clock this alter,
noon. Telegiams from Anderson AID
other points above here on the river are
to the effect that heavy rains are falling,
and although the river has fallen slightly
another rise before morning is appre-
hended. Ii this proves true tie dam
age to Augusta will be vely great. The
foundations of hundreds Of houses have
already been seriously damaged by the
swift currents of water, and it Is to be
hoped that another rise will not strike
the city.
The locks have been in great danger
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1887-08-04
Notice to Landowners,

S-42t.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1887-04-08
Smoking an Old Custom.

From the Toronto Week.
OF all the customs of the Indians
which jacques Cartier observed, that
which struck him as the most novel
and singular, was the use OF tobacco.
In the narrative of his second voyage
to Canada in 1886 occurs the follow
ing quaint description: "The Indians
have herb, of which, during thesum-
mer, they gather a great quantity for
the winter, and which they prize highly
and use (the men only in the follow
ing manner: They dry it in the sun,
and suspend it from their neck, tied
up in q little skin instead of in g. bag,
together with a. horn (cornet) Of stone
or wood. Then, at all hours, they
make powder of the said herb, and
putt in one end OF the horn, and then
place q live coal upon it, and through
the other end they blow so hard that
their body is filed with smoke, SO
much that it comes out of their nos
trils and mouth as out Of g. chimney.
They say that this keeps them healthy
and warm, and they never go about
without these things. We have tried
the said smoke, and having had it in
our mouth it seemed to contain pep
per SO great was the heat of it," At
that time the use of tobacco was al
together unknown in France, and al.
though the plant had been brought
to Spain and Portugal by the early
explorers of America, it was only
quarter of g. century after Jacques
Carriers second voyage that the
French Ambassador, Jean Moot, sent
the seed from Lisbon to France. =
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1887-04-08
Trying on a Crown.

Any revelations bearing on the COR
onation of Napoleon l. by Plus VII.
will be interesting to- the general read
er. A writer in the Musee des Families
has just given the public d series OF in
teresting details which he has compiled
from the best original sources, and
which are, by the by, OF quite valua-
BILE kind. People who have followed
in spirit the fortunes of the ''Little Cor
porap' needhardly be toldthat on the
eventful I'd OF December, 1902, Napo-
leon is generally represented as feeling
rather agreeably surprised that the
crown was such agood fit for his head;
and he Is, moreover, reported as hay
ing said: "This crown is all right, but
woe to theman who will dare to touch
ir!' That these words, or words to
that effect, we're used by the emperor
on the occasion referred to is little
doubted, but the writer in tie Musee
des Families disposes altogether Of the
fallacy of Napoleon's agreeable sur
prise. One morning. in the month OF
November 1902, according to this ALL
thorlty, NJ. N!tot, the emperor's silver
smith, was seen entering the Tuieries
palace, carrying round package on
his right arm. Addressing one OF the
imperial lackeys, he asked if he could
not see his ma iesty.
ellis majesty is not yet out OF bed"
was the reply.
"Please announce to his majesty,"
said NJ. NitoJ, "that | should like to
speak with him.
The sllversmith was soon afterward
ushered into the imperial bedroom,
where Napoleon and his wife Jose
phlne were still enjoying their repose
the former wearing a kerchief around
his head and the latter nightcap.
ooh! tits you, Papa Nitot!' ex-
claimed Napoleon. Good day, Papa
Nirot; any news?"
"Sire, come to try it,
"Try what, Papa Nitot?"
''The crown for your coronation,
SIRE
Whereupon Napoleon flung the ker-
chief to the other end Of the chamber,
raised himself on his arms and was
crowned there and then most respect
fully by the silversmith.
1T goes WE'LL" said his majesty,
doesn't it. Josephine?''
eyes, my friend, very WE'LL" was Jo-
sephine's reply.
"But you must see if it fits you al
So" he exclaimed to his wife, taking
off the crown from his own head and
placing it tenderly on hers, after hay
ing relieved his imperial spouse OF the
rather dem ocratlc cap she had been
wearing. The crown proved to be as
good a fit for the Empress as for the
Emperor, and both were delighted
with Papa Nitot's dexterity in its
manufacture.
The writer in the Musee des Famil-
les happened on several unpublished
manuscripts OF the silversmith, in
which he discovered the foregoing an.
ecdote. 1t may be added that Nitot
confirms the statement that Napole-
on took the crown at Notre Dame out
OF the Pope's hands and placed it
most graciOuSly ON his own head.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1887-04-08
disappoint Justice than to DO inius.

disappoint Justice than to DO inius.
tice."
Then raising his head he said:.
"tThe prisoners are discharged"
Silently the crowd divided, leaving
broad pathway. 500 =
Down the aisle walked the Francis
eos. Each worethe same scornful smile.
Each gave the same wicked look out
OF his black eyes. Each made the
same low bow to the court, and when
they passed me noticed that the red
scar on each mans temple were both
of the same size and of the same fam.
ing color.
Out of the arched doorway of thu
palace of justice, out into the dark
ness, out into the region OF the mys.
FERROUS and unknown, passed the two
Franciscos, with not a man to follow
or say them nay.
The next morning my expected let.
ter came. was informed to lose no
time in returning to the States, and ]
left San Pablo at once. For all ]
know, the two Franciscos are still hav-
ing a royal time down in Yucatan-
Wallace p. Reed in Atlanta Constitu
ton.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1887-04-08
AS the Spirit Wings It's Flight.
Paris Letter in Science.

AS Iuo SplrlC " 1nSS Us tnSlCs
Paris Letter in Science.
At recent meeting of the Academy
Of Sciences, M. Hayem, OF the Medical
School, read paper on the phenom.
ena noticed in the head of an animal
after decapitation, with or without
TRANSMISSION of fresh blood. AS soon
as the head is separated from the
body the eyes move convulsively, and
a look OF wonder and anxiety is MOTTO
able on the face The jaws separate
with force, and the tongue seems to
be in a tetanic state. There appears
to be some consciousness of what is
going on, but this does not last more
than three or four seconds. If prepa-
rations have previously beenmade so
that the head after separation con-
tinues to receive a fresh supply of
blood, the voluntary manifestations
persist as long as the blood supply is
suficient-that is for half an hour or
SO. When blood supply isfurnished
after the head has become entirely
motionless, the phenomena are as fol-
lows: Some contractions, very weak
and feeble, take pluce especially in the
muscles OF the lips; then some respira-
tory efforts; reflex actions of the eye,
first weak, then we'll marked, but the
eyelids remain dropping; the senses
are quite asleep, and no will is mani
tested.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1887-04-08
The Meditated Suicide.
From the Indianapolis Journal.

From the Indianapolis Journal.
Speaking of suicides-there have
been several lately, and q good many
people are talking about them-a sto
ry has been told confdentially by a
worthy citizen, who contemplated
shutting off this mortal coil. HI
thought Of it, and thinks he was in
earnest, but this | doubt, because kill
ing ones self is said to be a painful
operation. And the worthy citizen i.
man who is extremely careful of his
own comfort. However, business had
gone wrong, another man had secured
the church pew he set his heart upon,
rents had been raised, he wasn't very
we'll, any way, and life didn't seem
worth living. His wife would get his
insurance money; she knew as much
about his business as he did himself.
and could get along without him.
That night ne took home a box o.
trough on rats," and after his wife had
retired, took it out and read the f1i'
rections. Then he got out his razor
and strapped it and loaded his revol.
yer. He didn't know which method
he would use, or whether he would try
all three and make sure thing OF it.
He would decide after the razor was
properly sharpened Then he strap
ped away, and while he was trying to
cut hair sleepy voice came from thu
next room: George, Uncle John
brought US q gallon of new maple syr
up to-day, and we will have fritter,
and syrup for breakfast. I-thouzht
you'd like-to know" The razo,
and revolver were laid away prompt
ly; life took on q more roseate aspect
and the next morning after breakfast
the "Rough on Rats" was carefully
distributed along the trail Of trouble
some vermin. George still continue.
choarfI,1
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1887-04-08
The Kaiser's Long Reign.
correspondence Charleston News.

Correspondence Charleston News.
It was in 1906 that the French army,
under the first Napoleon, took posses
sion of Berlin, not to be finally ousted
until the decisive Waterloo in 1913
It was at this period that Prussia's
beloved Queen Louise retreated tc
koenigsberg on the eastern border OF
the realm, with her two sons, who
were atterWard to become F'rederick
William ". and the present Kaiser
No great doubt that his mother instill-
ed into him the debt which she person.
ally owed to the French and Napolean,
and which he was to partially repay
in 1870. 1t was then on the first day
OF 1907 that he entered that army
which he has gradually brought to its
present Incompatible perfection.
Then came the accession Of his broth.
er, in lS4O, precisely a century later
than that of the great Frederick, bring
ing with it revived hopes which were
not to bereal1zed. The king was more
dilettante than soldier Or statesman
The demands for q constitution and
scenes OF lS48 were only surpassed in
madness and violence. William must
spend some years in England in a
state OF semi-exile. But five Years
later he was again in Berlin, now as
Prince Regent, in which capacity he
was to govern the State during the
years OF lingering illness of his childless
brother. In 1861 he became King in
the name as we'll; fought with Den.
mark, and added Schleswig and Hol.
stein to the Prussian state; de.
cided the future ka1sership by an ap.
peal to arms with Austria; and final.
ly brought his perfected army organ.
ization against the third Napoleon,
the result OF which was the annexa.
ton OF Alsace-Lorraine and his crown.
ing as kaiser OF a once more united
Germany in the old French capital Of
Versailles. The result OF the last
fifteen years had been to develop his
capital from provincial to metro.
po}itan city; to increase it's popula-
ton from some 100000 or 100000
to l,5OO,OOO; to give it the second
position on the continent.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1887-04-08
GOtham's Dry-GOOds King.

Elias S. Higgins is now called the
king OF the New York dry-goods dis
trict. He is worth from $3O,OOO,OOO
to 100000 and is really very little
known outside the business circle in
which he moves. Once a year when
banks, insurance companies, and 9TH
er lik constitutions publish the results
of what they facetiously call their
elections, his name may be seen among
the directors. 1t never appears as a
patron of a charity ball. He is not q
patriarch, not even a junior patriarch.
1t is doubtful if he ever saw the inside
OF De]monico's. He'drives no horse;
wouldn't take q yacht as agift, unless
he could sell it at q good price; never
attends a chamber of commerce pal
aver; is not known in g. church, phil
anthropic society, art or literary az
fairs; rides to his Office on q surface.
car; is there early in the morning and
only leaves when the porter runs down
the shutters and turns off the gas at
night. But he owns, among other lit
tie trihes, the Grand hotel, the Grand
Central hotel, the control of the Gen.
trail National bank, q carpet factory
running from 18th avenue to the
North river, on Add street, which EN-.
ploys 1900 hands; the most perfect
spinning mill in the country, on the
south side of the same street; g. hand
some 5th avenue residence, country
seat in New Jersey, valuable business
property on Broadway, Canal, White
street, and elsewhere; whole blocks of
tenements and residences uptown,
and any amount of bank, insurance,
railway, and other stock.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1887-04-08
An Old-Tilne Doctor,

The Waterbury (Conn) American
thus talks about an old.tim New
England doctor:
DR.. John D. Meers ofNaugatuck was
widely known as one OF the most skill
ful and successful physicians of lis
time. His practice among the farmers
was quite extensive, and it was his
custom to take his pay for services in
the produce OF the farms, seldom or
never keeping accounts or making any
charge, but sending for bushel of
potatoes or corn Or barrel of cider
as he happened to want it. His drafts
on the farmers were always honored
at sight, for he used to say he "did
not intend to overdraw," and, as the
families in those days were large and
the children quite as likely to be sick
then as now, it is quite likely that he
paid in his way for all that he receiv-
ed. He was always very careful not
to injure his patients and gave
very little medicine, but, if called to
see a man who was little out of
sorts, would prescribe a. diet Of toast
and cider. or something equally SIM
pie, and leave nature to effect q cure.
He was once called to see man who
had been in bed several days, and, on
entering the room, he sat down, stuck
his long legs under the bed, moved,
his spectacles to the top of his bald
head and sat and told stories for an
hour. He then sent one Of the boys
to draw q glass OF cider, which he
drank, and made his preparations to
leave the house. The sick man asked
if he was not going to prescribe for
him, or give him something to take
"Oh, yes, yes, yes" replied the doc
tor; you just get up and stir about
a little, and wash up and put on a
clean shirt and you will be ali right I
guess" Notwithstanding the doctors
peculiarities in such cases, he was one
OF the most careful and devoted ply
sicians of dangerous illness, and would
often appear. unsolicited and unex-
pected in the sick room long after mid
night, so great was his anxiety for the
welfare OF his patients.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1887-04-08
Brother Gardner on s'Dooty.n
Detroit Free Press.

oIOC1ACI ~dIuAcT Oh OOOLys'
Detroit Free Press.
If de Lawd expedited me to worry
ober de heathens in Africa he'd hev
arranged it fur me to be bon at Cap,
Town or Zanzibar, an he'd hey giver
me mo- lung power an mo- cash. L
it was inteded dat all de sinners in
America should be saved ole Satar
wouldn't hev bin lowed to invent Sc
much wickedness. Ii it war expeckted
dat should hand out q dollar to eb
cry pusson in distress, it would hex
bin fixed dat should find gold mine
in my back yard. I hev diskivered, il
fggerin' on desc things, dat dar' an
no pertlckler need of any heather gwin.
to Heaben; dat de poo folks who an
helped dis var am !ist as bad off next
dat people who am so much consarned
about wickedness at home ginerally
forgit to pay DER honest debts; da
de people who preach de most about
dooty hev de least concepshun of it
In de fucher shall seek to arm 81 pc,
day; keep out o. debt; squar' up al
de grocery cherry Saturday night; sweal
to de troof on de witness stan; keel
up my pew rent; celebrate Washing
toms birthday, an hev O dollar in my
pocket fur any laborin' man who max
meet wild misfortune. OATS gwine tt
be my dooty, an ifit won't take M,
to Heaben long wild de res of you:
shall hev to stop III de United Statei
an do de bes' / kin. & 3
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1887-04-08
Bombarding Ones Own Coast.

The other day, going down the Firth
OF Clyde, the crew Of the English guard.
ship Ajax was exercised in big-gun
drills, with the view OF expanding the
guar terly allowance OF ammunition.
About 1870 o'clock, at which time
the Ajax was directly off Innelan, a
shot from one OF the guns OF the YES.
sci was seen to strike the water, and
then ricochet with terrific force toward
the shore. It struck the ground i'm.
mediately adjoining a villa, entered
the earth about ten yards from the
northeast gable wall. The shot made
hole in the ground about seven feet
deep, uprooted four large trees, break.
ing them in pieces and scattering the
branches and fragments all over the
roof OF the building, as we'll as over the
adjoining grounds, besides covering the
roof Of the house with stones. Every
window in the place was broken, and
great rents were made in the gable
walls, the house,in fact, being rendered
quite uninhabitable. The fore Of the
projectile even after striking the
ground and doing this considerable
damage, was not yet quite spent, as
the shot was carried about a. quarter
OF a mile up the hill; afterward roll.
ing back for some distance. The ad-
joining dwelling also suffered to no lit
tie extent. A plumber who was en-
p1oyed in the house at the time receiv-
ed injuries about the body which ne
cessitated confinement to bed, and a
servant girl had her hands cut. The
board school is in the immediate vi
cinity of Ashgrove, and at the time oil
the occurrence was filled with children.
A slight deviation OF the shot would
have brought it in contact with this
building. The Ajax people did not ap.
parently notice the damage that had
been done, because they went on with
their firing, although the other shots
went in a more seward direction.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1887-04-08
The Museum Of Crime in the New
York Police Detective Bureau.

The museum of crime, opposite the
private Office of Inspector Byrnes, is
g. shuddering horror; not so much
from what is seen as from what is
suggested. Speaking likenesses OF shop
filters, pickpockets, burglars and en-
inent ''crooks" glare from the walls
upon visitors. Sledge-hammers whose
heads are filed with lead, drags, drills,
sectional !immies, masks, powder
TASKS, etc., that were used in the
Manhattan bank robbery Of October
81, 1878, challenge inspection in their
glass cases. The rascals made away
with $2,749,4OO in bonds, securities
and about SIS 900 in money on that
occasion; but, thanks to our unequal
ed detective system, did not retain all
their booty. Here are samples of the
mechanical skill OF Gustave Kindt
alias "French Gus" professional
burglar and maker of burglars tools,
which he! let out to impecunious thieves
on definite percentages OF their rob-
berries. The assortment Of burglari-
GUS kits, tools, keys, wax impress:
sions, ETC., is complete. The genus OF
Kindt and Klein, so wofully pervert-
ed, ought to have made their fortunes
in legitimate fields OF operation. Nat
Whites bogus gold brick; Mike Shana-
hams eighteen chambered pistol;
counterfeit Reading railroad
scrip; the photographic stone on
which ten or twenty thousand
spurious tickets of the elevated rail-
road were printed; stones for printing
fractional currency; bogus railroad
bonds used by confidence Operators;
the black caps and ropes Of murder
ers; the pistols wherewith various per-
sons we're slain; the lock curiosities OF
Langdon w. Moore, who knew how to
open combination locks through stud
wing their emitted sounds; the box in
which the same thief, known as "Char
ley Adams" put $216, 900 in govern
ment bonds, stolen from the Concord
bank, Massachusetts, in February.
1886, and which he FIRST buried four
feet below the surface of the Delaware
river, and then dug up and surrender
ed when under arrest: the pipes, pea
nut oil, lamps, liquid raw opium and
pills used for smoking in opium joints
ARE all here Richard Wheatley
in Harper's Magazine for March.